Poll: Should a CEO of a non-profit organization be drawing a salary of aprox. $500,000 per year?

[dembotoz]

55. yes and no

half a mill is a ton of money no doubt about it.

but it is also a big organization.

i worked at a couple of private non profits a number of years back.

there was a gm plant in town.
the ceo of this organization made less than the average worker at the plant.

this ceo was repsonsible for the budget and operation of a number of programs with staff total way over a hundred people.

and he was paid less than a neighbor who just screwed on bumpers.
my point is not that the gm work was paid too much
but that the ceo of the non profit was paid too little.

just because you work in this field does not mean you are supposed to take a vow of poverty.

the question should be would a person in private industry with a similar job make a similar sum of money???